New to the school Open Closed

A Ravenclaw girl stared at her like she was mental when she introduced herself, asked for her name, and questioned whether she believed pigs fly. When the girl made it clear that she didn't want to be associated with her, she stood up with her head down and wandered down the table. Eventually, she sat in a random spot at the sparsely filled side of the table. She was convinced her Hogwarts life was over before it even began. Why'd it have to be so hard to make friends, she thought. She couldn't understand why the girl reacted that way and felt stupid for thinking she could talk to a random person and become friends. Her stomach was growling as she looked up to see a girl writing in a notebook. It comforted her to think that there could be someone as passionate in writing as she was. Or was she jumping ahead of herself again? What if she reacted the same way the other girl did and looked at her with contempt? Rather than risk another horrific Hogwarts experience, she hovered slightly over the girl to see what kind of genre she was writing. Although she had deep respect for nonfiction writers, she loved writing any kind of fiction story.

Thana looked up when she felt like she was being watched. She saw another girl from her house looking at her. She smiled lightly.

“Wish to join me?” She asked with a soft voice, it’s not that she is shy just didn’t want to scare anyone off.

“I promise I don’t bite, much.” She said with a soft laugh as she patted the seat beside her.

“The name is Thana, Thana Wolf.” She said to the girl. She found it odd that anyone would even come to a more remote part of the table but she wasn’t going to question the girl.

“May I ask you name?” She asked a little unsure if she was being pushy or something. She felt like she could make a friend yet but at the same time she was completely terrified that how she was would make the girl not be friends with her.

“If your hungry I won’t bother you. I’m sure your hungry considering I’m sure most didn’t pack a small snack for the train or even bought any from the trolley thing.” She said wirh a weak laugh. She didn’t buy nothing from the trolley cause she had been smart to pack her favorite snack.

“Wish to join me?” the girl had said before adding with a soft laugh,“I promise I don’t bite, much.” Her kind offer stunned Tina as she shyly sat next to her and softly said, "Thank you."

"The name is Thana, Thana Wolf," the girl says, introducing herself. She must be a way more outgoing girl than she'll ever be. She stared at a tall glass of water that reflected her long, wavy, bright red hair, gold doe eyes, and barely seen pale skin. Was there something about her that made this girl talk to her unlike the other one? She was so deep in thought that she almost didn't hear her ask, “May I ask you name?”

"I'm Tina. Tina Addington." She says with a smile and maintain eye contact. She appreciated her friendliness and didn't want to seem distant.

“If your hungry I won’t bother you. I’m sure your hungry considering I’m sure most didn’t pack a small snack for the train or even bought any from the trolley thing.” She says with a laugh weaker than the one before. 

"I actually bought some candy from the trolley with the rest of my allowance, but that doesn't do much to sustain hunger." She replies, letting out a nervous laugh as she poured herself some water and filled a plate with biscuits. "So what are you writing?"

Thana was more surprised to hear someone ask about what she was writing. Most people rarely took interest.

“Well it’s sorta a work in progress. I was working on it together wirh a friend back at home but she...She isn’t magical so she wouldn’t be able to come here.” She softly explained remembering her parents say some people didn’t really like muggles if they where raised around and with magic.

“It’s sorta something and her do. We call it more like a game but we decided to make a story line for the people we um ‘play’ as.” She said. She wasn’t sure if she was boring the girl by now with this.

“We come up with our own worlds or realms. Our characters are rather odd to say the least. Her main is like over powered, though all of our characters are, but hers. It’s more unquie than the others. Mine well she’s considered somewhat like my friends character.” She said then laughed lightly.

“I know probably werid for people to write about other types of magical worlds or realms with things that could possible cause more harm than good.” She said with a small smile.

“Sorry if hearing that bores you.” She said and looked down at her notebook feeling foolish.

"Boring? That was fascinating!" Tina exclaims so loud that some heads turn in their direction. Lowering her voice, she adds, " I just wish that your friend was here so you can continue writing it. Your idea is so captivating that I would be the first one to buy it if it was a book."

The separation of muggles and magical  people bothered her more than she let on. Times are changing and she felt that if they stopped hiding from muggles, they could create a unity. Muggles could join them in quidditch games and attend Hogwarts (but take muggle subjects). She wanted people to set aside their past differences, and she had some future plans on making it work.

"I don't think it's weird to write about magic worlds," she says quietly, looking down at her food. She didn't understand why Thana kept downplaying her ideas when they seemed amazing to her. She loved her creativity and how she has a friend that shared her passion of writing. Maybe she just needed a confidence boost. She gives a small smile, adding, "We pretty much live in one."

"I like writing short stories, but I left my notebooks at home since I wanted to write new stories inspired by Hogwarts." She quickly changed the subject when she realized she didn't know anything else about Thana except writing. "So um... how was your trip here?" 

Thana smiled happy someone of the magical world didn’t find it werid that she wrote such things. Although she was a bit shocked by the mention of the trip.

“It wasn’t all bad to get here. Slightly boring but I guess that’s to be expected. Especially when you don’t have friends to talk to on the trip.” She said and smiled lightly.

“Though it’s to be something new while not really around others. I grew up around muggles and their technology.” She said wirh a small sigh. She knew she was babbling again and smiled as she remembered Tina saying she didn’t bring any notebooks to write in.

“I have a few spare notebook you can use to write in. And if you want we can help each other wirh writing epic stories. Even if muggles my think it’s fiction.” She said wirh a smile as she pulled out an extra notebook and slid it over to Tina.

“That is if you want to and be friends.” She said as she rubbed the back of her neck. She short black hair with red tips slightly covered her eyes. She was bald afraid that Tina would want to be friends with her.

Tina felt bad that Thana had a lonely trip. She had asked to join a compartment on the train, but she ran off in fear of being rejected again. She ended up in an empty compartment until another first year boy joined her. If she had met Thana on the train, they might’ve become quick friends. When Thana said she grew up around muggles, she replied sadly, “I went to a muggle school for a week, but none of the kids liked me. I know not all muggles are like that, but I’ve never had any good experiences with them.”

“I would love to write with you and we can definitely be friends. I’ve been thinking about writing an adventure in Hogwarts like the one that happened last year. It would be really cool if we could live our own Hogwarts adventure,” Tina says, before grabbing the notebook and flipping through its empty pages. She could imagine the millions of words she could write on each line. She greets with a genuine tone, “Thank you. I really appreciate this.”

“What do you think about writing an epic duel that decided the fate of good and evil? It all starts with an average Hogwarts student who accidentally ends up in the restricted section of the library and unlocks a book of  evil…” Tina begins, hoping that Thana could finish her idea. She was happy to make a friend who didn’t think she was too weird.

“Thus causing evil to ascend on the school. The said average student and friend fight on the side of good to be rid of the evil.” Thana said with a grin.

“I like. I really like.” She said. “We can even use some of the characters I have to add to the story as either good or evil.” She said with a smile.

“We are gonna make one heck of a team! Though it’ll suck if the story line and plot happens for real.” She said. She was really happy to have found a friend that was also into writing about the strange and wonderful things in this world.

“Hey since we are in the same house we should bunk together and still work on ideas. Maybe we should work on the main character, or characters as well as the side ones. Like their bio looks and whatnot.” She said thinking if they could get a sketch of the characters down it’ll help them in a long run.

She then pulled out a more bigger notebook out. “We can use this to work in the ideas, the characters, plot twists the works. I even got another we can use for the story itself.” She said.

"Oh, I have another idea!" Tina exclaims before saying in detail, "Instead of being best friends, they could be siblings. They can be fraternal twins with one boy and one girl. They could be like best friends, but when they arrive at the school, they become so distant that they are strangers. The girl could lean towards the side of evil while, the boy lean towards the side of good. Then they meet up again and have a huge argument about morals, causing an all out school war to happen. Towards they end of all the battling, they could remember the bond they had before they had left school. A happy ending would be they reconcile and everyone comes together again. A sad ending would be as they boy goes to reconcile with his sister, she backstabs him and evil spreads across the land." 

Tina was surprised by how many words she had just spewed out. she had never talked so much in her entire life. She felt bad for talking so much and taking up so much time. She quietly asked Thana, "What do you think their names should be and what kind of background should they have?"

"I would love to bunk with you, but I hear you have to sign up for a dorm. I'm in the Cho Chang Dormitory. What about you?" Tina asks, hoping she would be in the same one.